Meating Melody--Kevin Randolph! at DVinfo.net

Mike Teutsch · August 25th, 2007, 05:03 PM

Looked for about an hour for a feedback thread for this entry and found none, so I started this one. I like the acting and plot in this movie. Good job Kevin!

Mike

Kris Holodak · August 25th, 2007, 09:37 PM

Good camera angles. "Is this part of the audition?" That was great. Well written and well acted. I would have liked the lighting to be a little more dramatic, but that's just because I'm trying to think of some suggestion to make. This was very good.

Smile,
Kris

Lorinda Norton · August 26th, 2007, 10:59 AM

I despise horror flicks and anything that deals with murder or other aberrant behavior. However…this movie was really well done. Such professional lighting, shooting, editing—pacing was great. Perfect ending, too. Excellent movie-making here.

Bruce Foreman · August 26th, 2007, 06:20 PM

I'm not a horror fan either, but pretty much everything was done right in your film. Your actress projected just the right aura of bewilderment, fear, and then terror.

Lighting worked for the mood,

Very well done, and I enjoyed watching it despite my not liking the genre. Your skills overcame that prejudice for me.

Jonathan Jones · August 26th, 2007, 06:51 PM

I liked this one alot. I think you did a great job with the lighting - it was perfect for a horror movie - enough properly lit angles to see your subject very well, while also casting alot of shadows in the right places. Very well done.

The music was also a top notch piece for your movie. It worked really well, all the way from the very beginning when it was running underneath a very well done and clever opening title sequence.

The only nagging thing that occured to me was at around the 1 minute mark - it seemed it would have been more natural for the character to have a significantly more escalated sense of fear by that time - which it seemed she never really developed until the machete was brandished.

But then again, you were likely trying to present the fact that the character was dumber than a box of hair, and despite having been hit, blacked out, and tied up for a length of time, she never even developed the slightest hint that she was in danger. If that is the case, than all is well and I think your production really was top notch.

Also, your actress did really well. She had some great lines and her scream at the end was very well done.

Great job.

-Jon

Marco Wagner · August 26th, 2007, 07:00 PM

Meaty Role, lol.... I enjoyed this. I just thought the actress would be a little smarter or concerned quicker. The shots were good and the mood was nice and eeerrrrieeee.

Bruce Broussard · August 26th, 2007, 07:33 PM

Excellent concept. Production was very good. I liked the creating of the ad at the end.

Daniel Kohl · August 27th, 2007, 01:04 PM

Compliments to your actress! I like this type of dead-pan (no pun intended) humor. It is a funny jibe at want-to-be actors and actress'. Nicely shot too.

I thought the one-liner ending didn't really fit with the quality of the character development, and the acting. I'm sure if you had more time you could come up with with an ending with more depth. For a quick DV challenge it was just right though.

Nice job!

August 25th, 2007, 05:03 PM	#1
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	Meating Melody--Kevin Randolph! Looked for about an hour for a feedback thread for this entry and found none, so I started this one. I like the acting and plot in this movie. Good job Kevin! Mike __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.

August 26th, 2007, 10:59 AM	#3
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	I despise horror flicks and anything that deals with murder or other aberrant behavior. However…this movie was really well done. Such professional lighting, shooting, editing—pacing was great. Perfect ending, too. Excellent movie-making here. __________________ Lorinda

August 26th, 2007, 06:51 PM	#5
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	I liked this one alot. I think you did a great job with the lighting - it was perfect for a horror movie - enough properly lit angles to see your subject very well, while also casting alot of shadows in the right places. Very well done. The music was also a top notch piece for your movie. It worked really well, all the way from the very beginning when it was running underneath a very well done and clever opening title sequence. The only nagging thing that occured to me was at around the 1 minute mark - it seemed it would have been more natural for the character to have a significantly more escalated sense of fear by that time - which it seemed she never really developed until the machete was brandished. But then again, you were likely trying to present the fact that the character was dumber than a box of hair, and despite having been hit, blacked out, and tied up for a length of time, she never even developed the slightest hint that she was in danger. If that is the case, than all is well and I think your production really was top notch. Also, your actress did really well. She had some great lines and her scream at the end was very well done. Great job. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

August 26th, 2007, 07:00 PM	#6
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 1,043	Meaty Role, lol.... I enjoyed this. I just thought the actress would be a little smarter or concerned quicker. The shots were good and the mood was nice and eeerrrrieeee. __________________ www.facebook.com/projectspecto

August 27th, 2007, 01:04 PM	#8
Daniel Kohl Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 571	Compliments to your actress! I like this type of dead-pan (no pun intended) humor. It is a funny jibe at want-to-be actors and actress'. Nicely shot too. I thought the one-liner ending didn't really fit with the quality of the character development, and the acting. I'm sure if you had more time you could come up with with an ending with more depth. For a quick DV challenge it was just right though. Nice job! __________________ Daniel Kohl Frankenstein meets XL1

August 25th, 2007, 09:37 PM	#2
Kris Holodak Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 302	Good camera angles. "Is this part of the audition?" That was great. Well written and well acted. I would have liked the lighting to be a little more dramatic, but that's just because I'm trying to think of some suggestion to make. This was very good. Smile, Kris

August 26th, 2007, 06:20 PM	#4
Bruce Foreman Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Angelo Texas Posts: 1,518	I'm not a horror fan either, but pretty much everything was done right in your film. Your actress projected just the right aura of bewilderment, fear, and then terror. Lighting worked for the mood, Very well done, and I enjoyed watching it despite my not liking the genre. Your skills overcame that prejudice for me.

August 26th, 2007, 07:33 PM	#7
Bruce Broussard Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 132	Excellent concept. Production was very good. I liked the creating of the ad at the end.